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US 2022/0104643 A1Published application
Locking knife holder
AssigneeBrothers Brands, Inc.
InventorJordan Schmidt
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Abstract
A locking knife holder uses either mechanical or electronic locking systems to secure the knives into the holder. The electronic locking system includes the implementation of one or more electromagnets into the holder. The user can then selectively lock or unlock the knives in the holder by activating or deactivating, respectively the electromagnet. In other implementations, the mechanical locking system can use magnetic keys to unlock the mechanical locking system.
Claims12
A knife holder comprising:
- a magnetic locking mechanism in communication with a front surface of the knife holder, the magnetic locking mechanism having at least two distinct magnetic strength levels, a first of said at least two distinct magnetic strengths being high enough to prevent removal of at least one knife blade from the front surface of the knife holder, and a second of said at least two distinct magnetic strengths being high enough to retain the at least one knife blade against the front surface of the knife holder and low enough to enable that at least one knife blade to be removed from the front surface by hand.
A knife holder comprising:
- a body;
- an electromagnet contained within the body and having a first magnetic strength;
- at least one permanent magnet contained within the body and having a second magnetic strength that is lower than the first magnetic strength;
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- a switch with corresponding circuitry connected to the at least one electromagnet and configured to selectively activate and deactivate the at least one electromagnet;
- wherein the second magnetic strength of the permanent magnet maintains a knife blade against or in the body but allows for the knife blade to be removable from the body, and the greater first magnetic strength secures the knife blade against or in the body and operates to prevent the removal of the knife blade from the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.